01 November 2012
Lancashire poker robbery gang jailed
A gang of five machete wielding robbers who targeted a private poker game have been jailed. The five men threatened the group of players at the game in Heysham, Lancashire in 2011 before making off with around £2,000 cash and a number of mobile phones.
New Dutch coalition government vows to modernise gambling laws
The new VVD (Liberal Party) and PvdA (Labour Party) coalition government in the Netherlands has announced plans to update the country's gambling regulations.
31 October 2012
Greg Merson wins WSOP Main Event
We know that every successful poker player needs stamina but we didn’t think that the WSOP Main Event winner would have to show Mo Farah levels of endurance. Greg Merson showed just such strength in claiming the 2012 title after a marathon final day at the Rio.
One Drop to Drip Again
While the final three conclude their drawn-out battle for the WSOP title today, the rest of poker world are already starting to look forward to 2014’s Series thanks to Guy Laliberte.
Aido’s WPT Flamenco
The WPT’s latest Spanish fiesta came to a conclusion yesterday after Sergio Aido took down the title inside Barcelona’s Gran Casino.
Caesars’ Optimal Move
UK payment processor Optimal Payments will be the company in charge of providing financial solutions to Caesars Interactive’s new online venture.
Tim Hartmann wins Irish Winter Festival
Tim Hartmann has been crowned 2012’s paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival. The German outlasted a 385-runner field in Dublin to scoop a first prize of €100,000.
30 October 2012
WSOP final three
Just three players remain in the WSOP Main Event after a night of tense action. After kicking their heels and twiddling their thumbs since July, the final nine players finally resumed their bid for poker immortality yesterday inside the Rio’s Penn and Teller Theatre.
Sahamies high stakes domination
Ilari Sahamies has been on a remarkable run over the last week with a profit of $2.2 million. Having endured a torrid run of results at the virtual felt for much of the year, Sahamies has enjoyed a huge upswing since last Monday.
Ivey to launch site
Phil Ivey has been keeping his options open since leaving the Full Tilt fold and hasn’t rushed into putting his name to another site. Undoubtedly he’s had numerous offers and many in the community thought he might opt to join the world’s biggest site: PokerStars.